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2 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Tuesday August 21 2018 Vietnam Veterans gather for Hamilton service Lonsdale Street gathered locals on Saturday to commemorate those who fought in the battle of Long Tan in 1966. On August 18, every year, the men of D Company, 6RAR who fought in the battle of Long Tan, are honoured and remembered with loved ones gathered to pay tribute. The Hamilton service consisted of a wreath-laying ceremony and a few words which were spoken by one of The Anglican Parish of Hamilton’s councillors, Graeme Mustow. The battle of Long Tan saw 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers battle against 2000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. With 18 Australians who lost their lives and 24 who were wounded, this day, which in recent years been renamed as ‘Vietnams Veteran’s Day’, unites family and friends to pay their respects and remember those who fought and who are fallen. The National Anthem was played on Saturday as locals stood in silence, and wreaths were laid by loved ones. LAURA SNEATH HAMILTON’S Vietnam Memorial on GRAEME Mustow, Hamilton, acknowledged the bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers who fought in the battle of Long Tan. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK. 180818lf002 Poor weather conditions led to a timely ceremony, and after paying their respects locals quickly left to take shelter. This ceremony has been and will continue to be held annually in Hamilton, Warrnambool and Portland. Power outage www.spec.com.au on Monday BRENDAN BUNWORTH HAMILTON and many parts of the district were left without power for around 50 minutes yesterday morning after a local technical issue occurred around 8.25am. Power was off in many towns from Mount Gambier to Lake Bolac, with residents left puzzled with the situation. Powercor released a message at 8.45am notifying residents of the outage with an approximate restoration time to be around 11am. Fortunately for many, the interruption was only 50 minutes and start of week routines were back normal. During the 50 minutes, the majority of businesses in Hamilton’s CBD were forced to close. The power in the Moutajup/Warrayure areas was still out at the time of print. A Powercor spokesperson confirmed the cause of the problem occurred at Hamilton. “The Hamilton Zone Sub Station experienced a fault at around 8.30am which caused an outage across the Hamilton area,” the spokesperson said. “A crew was despatched and power returned approximately one hour later.” CFA bracing for extreme fire danger BRENDAN BUNWORTH FIRE authorities are expecting a severe to extreme fire season across much of the state this summer with land drier than recent years. CFA chief officer, Steve Warrington, said the season looked like it would be the worst in a decade. “Our primary concern is Gippsland, the northeastern parts of Victoria as well, the Otways and certainly along the Murray,” he said. “At the moment if we go on the current forecasts, and to some extent its crystal balling, but the dams are down, the water content in the ground is quite low. “Large parts of the state have been in a few years of drought now.” Mr Warrington said Victorian’s would be unable LESLEY Hobbs, Hamilton, laying a wreath in memory of her brother Clifford Dohle who fought in the battle of Long Tan. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK. Bev McArthur set to replace Simon Ramsay SONIA GILLINGHAM CORANGAMITE Shire councillor, Bev McArthur, has been pre-selected to contest the upper seat of Western Victoria for the Liberal party. It was announced on Sunday that Ms McArthur would replace Simon Ramsay, after high-range drink driving offences led him to announce last month that he would not re-contest the seat. Victoria Valley resident, Kristy Beveridge, was also in the running for pre-selection however a Liberal party administrative committee voted in Ms McArthur’s favour. With only three months to go until the state election, Liberal party branches in the south-west were not eligible to vote in the preselection process, with opposition leader, Matthew Guy, citing time Socks & Undies? Not this year! 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